The final Bowl Championship Series matchups will be released later this evening, but Virginia Tech fans can start booking flights to New Orleans: The Hokies are Sugar-Bowl bound to play Michigan, mulitiple sources said.

The ACC’s first-ever BCS at-large bid is unexpected after Tech’s 38-10 loss to Clemson in Saturday’s ACC championship game. But the Hokies’ rabid fan base apparently was more attractive to the Sugar Bowl than Kansas State.

With Tech headed to New Orleans for the fourth time since 1995, other ACC bowl matchups were affected, most dramatically Virginia’s.

Thought to be ticketed for the Music City Bowl in Nashville, Tenn., the Cavaliers instead will play in the Chick-fil-A Bowl on New Year’s Eve in Atlanta against defending national champion Auburn.

An at-large bid is worth approximately $6 million to the ACC, or about $500,000 for each of the 12 schools. The league splits such revenue evenly.

Virginia Tech and Michigan have never met. Virginia and Auburn split a home-and-home in 1997 and '98.